At Sun, 22 Aug 2010 16:09:00 -0500 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote: > > > The only problems with switching after install is: > > > > 1) you need to be sure the initrd has the (proper) SATA kernel module(s) > > in it. Â If necessary, you'll have to use mkinitrd to re-create the > > initrd file to include the proper driver modules. > > > > 2) /etc/fstab needs to be fixed, either to use LABEL= (rather than > > /dev/hdaN) and your file systems (including swap) need to have file > > sytem labels. Â (LVM volumes won't be a problem.) > > I changed it in bios to sata mode. Now after boot up it calls it sda > instead of hda and disk I/O is much faster. Yes, this is expected. > > I see in this file: > > # cat /boot/grub/device.map > # this device map was generated by anaconda > (hd0) /dev/hda > > Should I change this too sda? It works and boots the way it is but > just wandering? Yes, definately! -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows heller at deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/